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Film about the Work of Human Rights Watch Was Screened in Gori

December 15, 2015
 
Lado Bitchashvili, Shida Kartli

On December 10, the Human Rights Day, Human Rights Center and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Georgia presented a film about the work of Human Rights Watch in the Gori University. Representatives of local civil society organizations, students and local governmental officials attended the screening.

Movie by Katy Chevigny and Ross Kauffman E-TEAM is about the work of the international organization Human Rights Watch. Namely, the film shows how HRW researchers work on the ground in different hot sites of the world, like Syria, Libya and Kosovo, at the risk of their own lives and document crimes committed against humanity. The 2014 movie lasts 89 minutes. The main characters of the movie are Human Rights Watch researchers Anna Neistat (Russian Federation); Ole Solvang (Norway); Peter Bouckaert and Fred Abrahams. Human Rights Center translated the movie into Georgian language.

Public discussion was organized after the screening and it was moderated by Beka Bajelidze, Director of the South Caucasus Regional Office of the Institute of War and Peace Reporting (IWPR). 

“It was not easy to watch the movie. HRW researchers risk their lives to save others. The discussion after the screening was also very interesting,” student of the Gori University Nata Gamgebeli said.

Representative of the Embassy of the Netherlands Thomas De Winter also attended the screening. He said mostly Human Rights Day is celebrated in the capital so the Embassy together with Human Rights Center decided to organize film-screening in the regions.

“There were hard pictures in the movie that showed that human rights are not breached only during the war but in everyday life too,” Gori City Mayor Zurab Jirkvelishvili said.

“It is noteworthy that International Criminal Court often relies on the reports of the Human Rights Watch when discussing war crimes and the states consider the evaluations of the HRW researchers to combat or stop brutal crimes in hot spots across the world,” Nana Saneblidze from Human Rights Center said. 

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